Table 3 Number of consulted research questions for each category, including examples of research questions
From: Research agenda-setting on cash programming for health and nutrition in humanitarian settings
Categories of research areas | Number of times covered in research questions (%)a | Examples of research questions |
|---|---|---|
Health and nutrition outcomes | 44 (23%) | How can CTP best be designed so that they will have a positive effect on child nutritional status? |
Comparison modalities | 36 (19%) | How can use of CTP instead of delivering in-kind improve health and nutrition indicators in LMICS? |
Unconditional cash | 36 (19%) | Does the inclusion of an average health cost in the Minimum Expenditure Basket improve the health of beneficiaries? |
(Cost) effectiveness | 32 (17%) | How does the effectiveness of different cash modalities and payment mechanisms to tackle nutrition/health issues compare? |
Access to and utilisation of care and goods | 29 (15%) | What effect do cash transfers have on accessing and utilising health services? |
Pathways | 27 (14%) | How do cash transfers work to protect undernutrition in humanitarian crisis? |
Methodologies and indicators | 24 (13%) | What are appropriate methodologies to research cash for health in humanitarian crises? |
Demands and needs of cash beneficiaries | 16 (8%) | Do people affected by conflict prefer cash or in-kind support for the treatment of their children or family members? |
Appropriateness of cash in response | 16 (8%) | What is the appropriate place for cash-based assistance as one response option to deliver health programming? |
Conditional cash | 12 (6%) | Does labelling a cash grant for nutrition have the same impact as a conditional cash grant for nutrition? |
Types of diseases or health issues | 12 (6%) | How do various types of cash transfers affect nutrition, HIV, and maternal health? |
Vouchers | 11 (6%) | What is the evidence that cash or vouchers may incentivise care or utilisation? |
Behaviour change | 11 (6%) | Can CTP be used to incentivise health outcomes and/or health behaviours? |
Context | 9 (5%) | In what type of contexts are different cash transfer modalities likely to work? |
Social and financial protection | 9 (5%) | How can social protection nets be developed for health or nutrition? |
Sustainability and link development | 9 (5%) | What are the longer-term effects of cash transfers on undernutrition? |
Quality of care | 7 (4%) | How can quality of care be guaranteed during CTP? |
Health and nutrition systems | 6 (3%) | How do different cash modalities strengthen the health system and contribute to longer term equitable health financing? |
Health system and market preconditions | 6 (3%) | What health system preconditions are necessary for the implementation of cash for health and nutrition programming? |
Amount of cash | 3 (2%) | How does the amount of the cash transfer affect its impact upon undernutrition? |
Influence on gender roles | 3 (2%) | Do cash transfers positively or negatively affect gender roles? |
Empowerment | 2 (1%) | How do cash transfers compare to specific patient free health vouchers in terms of empowerment of patients? |
Total | 189 (100%)a | Â |